When I saw this I asked myself: what happens next then? still keep on the prize box promo's, along with the rotation of events? or will this mean that something else is coming? I probably am just wishfull thinking about all of this but... what do you guys think? I think I have much too high hopes for new content after reading that statement but still, what happens next?
"We believe we are now finished with some extensive work to our back end"
Sat, 06/02/2018 - 08:06
Sun, 06/03/2018 - 01:56
#2
By back end, they don't mean
By back end, they don't mean any new assets such as models or textures. It's all just code updates, meaning there's no new content being worked on currently. There's a possibility they might be setting up for new additions, but at the moment, it's safer to just take what they say at face value and accept that they've only fixed a couple of bugs with this.
Mon, 06/04/2018 - 14:12
#3
somewhat
We did get confirmation from Cronus that things that are more "player facing" could start being worked on once more, so I do expect to see something in the future. The Spiral Knights dev cycle is a slower one, so it may be some time before we get anything of substance, but hopefully we'll get something truly new in the future!
Wed, 06/06/2018 - 14:15
#4
May I please get a source on
May I please get a source on this confirmation from Cronus?
Wed, 06/06/2018 - 14:26
#5
kind of here
Fangel may simply be referring to the announcement thread:
https://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/120285
Cronus says that back-end work is done. So Fangel makes the mild inference that front-end work can proceed?
Thu, 06/07/2018 - 14:53
#6
not quite
Sadly there's no "source" I can link to, but this was said in-game in a rather large group of people not too long after the latest promotion started. I would give a screenshot if I had any.
Thu, 06/07/2018 - 15:40
#7
I was part of the "large group of people" Fangel mentioned and I can confirm Fangel's post.
I don't have the chatlogs, but I did get a screenie of the mob (You can even see Fangel in the bottom right corner).
Thu, 06/07/2018 - 15:56
#8
Thanks!
Haha, damn I miss all these times the devs show up at Haven XwX thanks for informint me though!
Thu, 06/07/2018 - 17:54
#9
I stand corrected
I was wrong. Fangel was not referring to the Announcements thread. S/he was referring to something more ephemeral, that is difficult to verify.
I think the really telling detail is with the Aerodynamics Box. The box added several unique animations that have never been tweaked before: Chaff Pack sparks, Aero helm visors, Airbraker Blocking animations, etc. They're touching things that have never been touched before.
The question is whether or not this means they are going to expand this to the base game is still to be seen. Maybe they're experimenting with their tweaks with items that don't matter in the long run, or maybe they're just going to limit it to their cosmetics to keep money rolling. Maybe these tweaks are going to start affecting gameplay, maybe they're just staying cosmetic.